California writers among 2007 Guggenheim Fellows

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Among the recipients of this year’s Guggenheim fellowships are several California fiction writers and poets: Oakland’s Daniel Alarcón (‘Lost City Radio’), now a visiting writer at Mills College; Christopher Buckley (‘Sleepwalk’) of UC Riverside; and Steve Erickson, a novelist (‘Our Ecstatic Days’) and instructor at California Institute of the Arts.

The 189 recipients were chosen from a pool of about 2,800 applicants, with the awards totaling $7.6 million. The press announcement states that selections were made based on recommendations from hundreds of expert advisors. Then, approval is given by the foundation’s board of trustees. Six of the boards members are past recipients: Joel Conarroe, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard A. Rifkind, Charles Ryskamp, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Edward Hirsch.

For a complete list of recipients, click here.

— Nick Owchar 4/30/07